Safety-guard for railway-trucks



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SAFETY GUARD FOR RAILWAY TRUCKS. No. 369,416. Patented Sept. 6, 1887.

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SAFETY-GUARD FOR RAlLWAY -TRUCKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,416, datedSeptember 6, 1887.

Application filed October 6, 1886. Serial No. 215,491. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS SHALIS TULL, of Galveston, in the county ofGalveston and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Safety-Guards for Railroad-Trucks; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichpertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to safety-guards designed to be applied tocar-trucks; and the object of the invention is to improve theconstruction of this class of devices.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts,which willbe hereinafter fully described, andpointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation of a car-truck with myimproved safetyguard applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectional endelevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is an end elevation of a truck with amodified construction of guard applied thereto.

A represents the truck of a car, which is of the usual construction.

B represents the wheels, and C the axle.

D represents the guard, of which there may be as many as desired orfound necessary. It is my purpose, however, to locate a guard in frontand in rear of each wheel, so that it will be fully supported in theevent of the wheels leaving the track.

The guard D comprises a shoe, E, having a smooth flat face, and havingits inner edge turned downwardly to form a flange, a, designed to holdthe shoe in position upon the track when it is traveling thereon. Theends 2) are turned or curved slightly upward, to prevent them fromengaging the spaces between the abutting ends of the rails and to allowthe shoes to slide easily upon the rails and pass any slightobstructions there may be thereon.

Bolted to the upper side of the shoe E is a box or bracket, F, of anysuitable construction. The bracket and shoe are supported and the latternormally held a slight distance above the rails by means of braces G G,secured to the truck at their upper ends and bolted or otherwise securedto the box or bracket F at their lower ends. Both of the braces mayextend diagonally from the under side of the truck to the box orbracket, as shown in Fig. 3, or one may extend vertically and the otherdiagonally, as shown in Fig. 2, or in any other suitable manner, astheir arrangement is immaterial.

In Fig. 3 the shoe is shown provided with a supplemental flange, a,located midway ts sides, which is adapted to hold the shoe 1u place uponthe rail should they spread, while the inner flange of the shoe wouldserve the same purpose should the axle or wheel of the truck break, inwhich case the shoe would fall directly on the rail. The shoes extendlaterally beyond the outer edge of the carwheel quite a distance, andthus allow for considerable spreading or abnormal separation of therails.

As shown in Fig. 1, there is a guard in front and one in rear of eachwheel, and the guard located between the wheels may consist of twoconnected shoes or of a single continuous shoe supported at each end bybraces and brackets, thus serving as a rear guard for one wheel and afront guard'for the adjacent wheel.

It will he noticed that the shoes are located but a slight distanceabove the rails, so that should an axle or wheel be broken, or the railsspread or otherwise deranged so as to cause the wheels to leave thetrack, the guards will engage and travel upon the rail or rails untilthe train can be stopped.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isy 1. The combination, with a truck, of asafety-guard consisting of a shoe, F, having a flat surface to bear uponthe rails when required, upwardlyturned ends, and a flange, a, andbraces G G, for firmly bracing the shoe, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a truck, of a safety-shoe braced to the truckand provided with an inner flange, a, and a supplemental flange, a,substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a truck, of a safety-shoe projecting outwardlybeyond the wheels and provided with a flange or flanges, and inclinedbraces G G, for supporting the shoe in position to strike the rails whenthe latter spread, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscriloing witnesses.

FRANCIS SHALIS TULL.

Witnesses:

Jns. W. HALE, Brennan B. S. Gnnu.

